Exclusive: Testing in Bentham, home to UK’s highest recorded Pfas levels, finds one in four have blood levels in greatest risk category
Alarming levels of toxic forever chemicals have been found in the blood of people living in a town previously revealed to be contaminated with the UK’s highest recorded level of Pfas.
Pfas, short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and commonly known as forever chemicals because of their persistence in the environment, have been linked to a wide range of serious illnesses, including some cancers. They are used in a variety of consumer products but one of their most prolific uses is in firefighting foam.
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Breaking Waves: Ocean News
03/20/2026 - 01:00
03/19/2026 - 23:00
npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 20 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s44183-026-00191-4
Science challenges and solutions to support implementation of the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement
NSW will continue to greenlight coalmine expansions – ignoring a warning from its own climate agency
03/19/2026 - 20:00
Minns Labor government criticised over strategy as no new mines have been proposed for several years
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The New South Wales government will continue to greenlight coalmine expansions, effectively rejecting a warning from its climate agency that approving new developments would be inconsistent with the state’s legislated emissions targets.
Releasing a statement on the coal industry’s future, the Labor government said it would no longer consider proposals for “standalone greenfield coalmines” on undeveloped sites. But it would continue to allow expansions and time extensions at existing mines.
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03/19/2026 - 19:01
Reform, Tory and some media rhetoric runs contrary to poll showing far more voters for net zero than against it
Political elites are out of step with the public appetite for net zero, according to analysis that identifies rightwing media narratives as fuelling a false backlash against climate action.
Media coverage of net zero is more than twice as likely to be negative than public attitudes and is driving a false perception that net zero policies are unpopular with voters, the analysis found.
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03/19/2026 - 14:54
Lawsuit says rescission of endangerment finding – which ruled greenhouse gases threaten public health – was illegal
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A coalition of 24 states, alongside a dozen cities and counties, has sued the Trump administration over its decision to revoke the bedrock scientific determination underpinning virtually all US climate regulations.
The new lawsuit, filed in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Thursday, is being led by the states of Massachusetts, California, New York and Connecticut. It argues that the Environmental Protection Agency’s February rescission of the 2009 endangerment finding – which the White House described as the “single largest deregulatory action in US history” – was illegal.
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03/19/2026 - 13:00
As Americans face a housing crisis, this development shows how communal living can bring homeownership within reach – and foster connection
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03/19/2026 - 11:49
Some highs in California, Nevada and Arizona recorded at 25-35F above normal, with widespread alerts and closures
States across the US south-west recorded blistering temperatures at the tail end of winter, including some of the hottest March temperatures ever recorded in the US, with forecasts indicating hotter days are still to come.
California, Nevada and Arizona were all under heat warnings on Thursday amid record-breaking temperatures.
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03/19/2026 - 11:09
Landowner disputes, coastal erosion and disused ferry hindering completion of King Charles III England coast path
The longest managed coastal walking route in the world has been opened by the king at the Seven Sisters cliff walk.
However, large parts of the King Charles III England coast path are still closed to the public after objections from landowners, fears about coastal erosion and a disused ferry.
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03/19/2026 - 10:00
Lovehoney sponsors Aphrodite-themed ‘pleasure garden’ full of flowers associated with love and sex
It is one of the most prestigious events of the UK social calendar, but the great and good attending Chelsea flower show may be in for a shock this year as the Royal Horticultural Society unveils a sex-themed garden sponsored by a company that sells vibrators.
Lovehoney, a sex toy company, is sponsoring an Aphrodite-themed “pleasure garden” full of flowers and plants associated with love and sex.
Chelsea flower show will be held at the Royal Hospital Gardens from 19 to 23 May.
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03/19/2026 - 02:10
Massive storm tracking a path to Queensland coast, which intensified offshore Thursday morning to category 5, fuelled by warm waters in Coral Sea
Live updates: Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle – latest news
Cyclone Narelle path tracking map
Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle is expected to make landfall in far north Queensland on Friday morning as a monster category 5 storm, bringing destructive wind gusts of 250km/h, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.
The severe cyclone rapidly intensified over the past 48 hours and in the early hours of Friday morning had built to a category 5 storm that was barrelling west, sitting about 150km east of the small town of Coen. Coen has a population of approximately 330.
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